How a teenager was ‘raped’ at Lagos police station

A 17-year-old resident of Lagos State was reportedly raped at Ogudu Police Station in Ojota Local Government Area of ​​the state.

According to PUNCH, an officer attached to the station had promised the youth to help her return her phone, which was stolen by one-hit robbers.

The suspect is said to have overheard the victim describing the ordeal to his mother in her store and offered to help locate the phone.

The teenager described her ordeal to the newspaper: “On June 29, Officer Owolabi called my mother and told her he had arrested the person with my phone and that my mother should send me to his police station and I went there. When I got there, I was told that they had made a mistake in the pursuit and that the person arrested was not the one with my phone.

“The officer sent his personal assistant to call me to his office and he showed me the way there. When I entered his office and greeted him, he responded and got up to lock the door and put the key in his pocket. I shouted, ‘Sir, why did you lock the door?’

“He tried to tear my clothes off and I screamed. Then he took out a gun, cocked it and threatened to shoot me if I screamed. Then he started harassing me and when I resisted, he hit me on the back of the head with the gun and raped me.

“I saw his phone ringing and calling my mother. However, he told me that since I didn’t have a phone with me, I should tell her that I hadn’t come to his office and from now on I should report to his office every day during school holidays or on my way home from school by 12pm. He had been watching me for two years and now I had fallen into his trap.”

However, Ms Aramide Olupona, the victim’s mother, accused the police of attempting to cover up the allegation.

“The suspect’s wife and the rest of his family came to my shop and begged me that he would retire soon, but what about my daughter who was raped? Is it because I am a poor woman?”

“The area manager of the station also invited me and asked me to file the case. Now they say the suspect has fled and his whereabouts are unknown, but my daughter is desperate and has said she wants to commit suicide. My girl needs justice,” she is reported to have said.

When contacted on Saturday morning, Benjamin Hundeyin, the State Police Spokesperson, asked our correspondent to contact some numbers regarding the police operations.

“Sorry, I cannot take this call at the moment. For complaints about police operations, call 08090277714, 08090277712, 08090277711, 08090277713, 091111111151, 0911199116, 09111111150. Or send an SMS,” Hundeyin said.

However, when our correspondent called one of the numbers, the respondent said: “I don’t deal with this kind of thing. This is police misconduct. Maybe you should call the PRO later, he might be in a conference right now.”

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